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to that class & not in the least disposed to throw obstacles in the way of the Government in carrying out the Policy of Schools for the negroes but cant see that they should themselves be the instruments to effect an end that they dislike. They are willing to tolerate & peaceably permit the authorities to inaugorate & carry out any policy adopted & will not by threats, menace or violence, Disturb or prevent the organization of schools. And the failure has been entirely for want of sympathy toward & approbation of those who undertook to effect the organization of the school. It was an unpopular undertaking & hence no school was undertaken. There was an other reason, no house could be obtained for the same lack of sympathy & sense of duty as above stated. These opinions are based on my connections & my conversations with others & believe them to be the Sentiments of the majority of the citizens of this county On the other hand I believe that no one would have the Sympathy of the people who would violently interfere with the Schools of Negros or disturb them in any manner; but those engaged immediately in taking charge of the schools would have to bear the odium & sneers of Public Sentiment. This must be granted to be perfectly natural feeling till Public Sentiment rectifies in accordance with other feelings & time is the remedy.

In Answer to your 1st inquiry

The general conduct of the negroes has been good Many of them inclined to spend their money for liquor be creating no disturbances, work moderately. Taking a share of the crop or wages. They are in many cases disposed to change but do not know that they are much more so than the lower class of whites